Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-06-28
AN AWFUL CALAMITY.
A FIRE BREAKS OUT IN A com.
STOCK NINE.

Most Of the Miners Find their Way to
the Surface, but Eleven are Caught
In the Mine-Five Die OF Asphy xiA
when Near the Surface-Eic.
From the Virginia Enterprise and
Chronicle of Saturday-the one a
morning aud the other an evening
paper-we obtain details OF the awful
calamity in the Gould & Curry mine,
last Friday night.
Shortly after z o'clock dense clouds
of smoke rolled up the shaft, aud soon
filled the vast hosting works SO that
it was impossible to remain on the
inside. The windows were removed
to let the smoke escape, but the hot
air, dense smoke and gas combined
were sickening. John Mclean, the
engineer. and Frank Layton, fireman,
nevertheless remained at their posts
near the top of the shaft until they
fell insensible and were carried out.
Other brave men took their places
until Mclean and Layton, as if re-
suscitated, returned to their posts and
forcibly resumed the discharge of
their dangerous duties.
Lawrence Pinaglia was on the sur
face with the cage about 7 O'Clock in
the evening. He detected an increase
in the usual amount of vapor ascend
ing through the shaft, and, leaning
over, discovered the odor of smoke,
indicating that FIRE had broken out
at some point underground. He i'm
mediately boarded the cage and rang
it down to the l300-level. While he
was descending danger signal OF 10
bells was rung for the station on the
1900 level in the shaft. On reaching
that station with the cage, Pinaglia
found the men employed on that level
at the station. They Immediately
boarded the cage and assembled to the
surface, where they arrived almost
asphy xiated from the gas.
MEN WHO WERE IN THE MINE.
Superintendent Lyman had been
summoned, and it was concluded that
the fire had started somewhere below
the 13oo-level. On inquiry it was
ascertainod that the following men
were still underground:
On the 4OO-levol-John Trounce,
Joncy Morgan, w. G. Carpenter, R.
G. Bruce, Andrew Bean.
On the S00-Richard Bennets, w.
James, H. T. Carrah, W. Williams,
James Trembath.
On the 15oo-Ed. Jeffrey, Martin
Tregallis, John Kennedy, P. Eddy,
Charles Daugherty, Foss Hamilton.
MEASURES FOR THEIR RESCUE.
Prompt and energetic measures for
the rescue of the endangered miners
were Immediately taken. The blow.
ers for supplying air to the various
levels where the men had been en-
ployed were run to their full speed,
and rescuing parties of miners formed
to 60 to the relief of those imprisoned.
The only avenue of escape for those
on the 40O-level was by ascending to
the tunnel level, little over 200 fee,
below the collar of the Bonner shaft,
by means of ladders through upraises,
and thence to pass out to the surface
through the tunnel, the entrance OF
which is near the Mint mine.
FIVE DEAD BODIES FOUND.
Several attempts to reach the men
on the 400-level through this tunnel
were made, but the smoke and deadly
gas generated by the fire forced them
back and put the candles out. Finally
about 9 o'clock Lawrence Pinaglia
the man who went to the rescue Of
the men On the 1900 level, and party
of miners succeeded in reaching 9
point about 600 feet west of the en-.
trance of the adit tunnel, where they
discovered Joncey Morgan lying in al
unconscious condition. He was con
veyed to the mouth of the tunnel
where four physicians detected /,
slight pulsation of the heart, bu
every attempt to resuscitate him failet
and all signs of life soon vanished
About so feet further west from tn,
point where Morgan was found R. G
Bruce was discovered lying on tn,
floor of the tunnel. About 100 fee
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